Mi humilde opinión. Ésta canción estaba hecha para que la interpretará Ben. Su voz suave, melodiosa y todo el sentimiento que emana de su maravillosa voz. Hizo posible ésta canción logrará ser un gran éxito. Gracias querido y recordado Ben por todas las canciones que nos dejaste con tu preciosa voz. Descansa en Dios
Beautiful Ben. I have some friends from Boston who worked for The Cars and they’ve said that Ben was one of the nicest and most down-to-earth guys you’d ever meet. Gone but not EVER forgotten. RIP❤️
I've read a lot too about how nice he was. I want to get the book about him. I read so much on RU-vid and the writer took his time to make sure he did it right..
@@kimn8438 you're welcome I have to comments right under this. I've seen a lot of video and Benjamin got a raw deal. Ric was overbearing and bossy to him and the other bandmates. Read my comments below. Have a good one.👍
A beautiful timeless classic. Moody, emotional. Love the dreamy synths and the calmness of this song.has the power to reach deep into your heart, and stir emotions like all great music should, and music just dosent do today..80's music forever.
The magic of this talented and beautiful soul with a golden voice and looks to match but was never arrogant over any of his attributes. Thankfully you left us the gift of your music behind! Loved and missed! One in a million!💖
Wow, wow, wow. His execution, so melancholy. His presentation, the look on his face, his knowledge and life experiences, combined with the music and words, made this song, sung his way that night, a thing of sadness and beauty, perhaps even exhaustion. Such artistry. The Cars are a great musical team.
Loved the song the first time I listened to it in the early 80's and still loving it as much, if not more this very day. What a magical piece of art. RIP Ben and Ric.
One of the best song ever written, and at the same time, one of the most heart-felt, saddest songs ever sung. Only Benjamin Orr could pull that off and he did. It was so sad to hear the passing of Ric Ocasek. Hope they are both re-united up there and chilling to the sounds they made so beautiful. RIP
The song cuts into the emotional body deeply. I grew up in this time it was playyed over and over in my formative years, like so many other 80's songs ingrained in the memories good and bad. This is a very sad and crippling song but a sobering one at the same time. Hard to explain.
I love how Ben just steps up to the mic and then slowly drifts into the background when he is finished...miss your voice....my favorite cars song...I never get tired of listening to this one
Takes my breath away every.single.time....for nearly 4 minutes....nearly 40 years post written....& over 20 years post Ben's passing. Legendary stats right there. Much love to Greg, Dave & Elliot. You lads, all 5 of you, will always have my respect, awe, wonder, & ❤ xxxxx
I, a male rock singer back in the mid-70's to -80's, was literally heartbroken when Freddie and Benjamin wasted away and 'graduated' to the next plane of existence (first, Farrokh Bulsara of AIDS, then Benjamin Orzechowski of pancreatic cancer). Two great lights gone out, voices stilled, silenced forever. It hurts unbearably to this day...
Apparently, according to the people who knew him, he wasn't intense at all, but a shy, quiet, sweet guy with a beautiful voice and the ability to play whatever instrument he set his mind to. He said in an interview near the end of his life that he never felt like he was the sexy band member. That was just a persona for performances and once he was off stage he was just Benny.
Trolls have this ability to strong arm themselves into the most beautiful of places... proceeding to take a shit all over the place...and then turn around bitch because the place looks and smells like shit. Throw a fucking rope over the nearest exposed beam or walk into traffic...and do the right thing. This is a timeless...beautiful song.
I must have been living in a CAVE. I did NOT know that Ben Orr had passed. I just heard "DRIVE" on my car radio & thought I would Google it on You Tube. Lost my brother to Colon Cancer, so I know how sad everybody is to lose this talented man & musician. You continue to LIVE ON with us in your music, their fore, you LIVE ON with us!
Eu amo essa musica, nao sei explicar o que sinto sempre que a escuto. Lamento muito por hoje nao ter músicas que tocam a alma. A forma que Ben a canta me encanta, me faz viajar. Lindo.
Sammy Scotch no they were underrated, but still well known. It was just that they had so much competition from bands like Queen, AC/DC, and Michael Jackson who were huge music acts. They didn’t get even close to enough credit, and nowadays, not many people I know even know who they are, but they recognize a few of their songs.
i only knew of drive and my best friends girl. because of drive, i’ve been discovering all of the cars albums on apple music recently, and oh man, they have so many hits and recognizable songs i didn’t know were them. the cars were a bit ahead of my time, but i know greatness when i hear it.
This song for me represents the most important song of the eighties. A song that marked a hard period of life, a time of much individualism, selfishness and eccentricity in which all that mattered was to shine. In the end we always ended up alone waiting for someone to rescue us, pick us up in pieces and take us home.
So many great tunes from The Cars, but this remains my all-time favorite. I can't even imagine how many times I have listened to it, and it still brings goose-bumps - just like it did when this video played. RIP Ben and Ric.
My favorite too, from such a great catalog to choose from. But I'm so sad and heartbroken, watching this..makes me feel like we've lost Ben all over again, Ric is gone now, and Eddie Money as well. Seems like only yesterday this was beginning, and now we're watching the end...
@@aceventurablaze Ric never wanted anybody to write songs for The Cars. Ben wrote some songs about 1982 , but lost almost everything during the fire. He wrote songs for his solo album The Lace in 1986, after the Cars he wrote many songs with his other friends .
this song made me cry the first night i heard it couple years ago as i recieved an email from a special someone who came to say the last goodbye but wasnt there to see him becaus ei was very busy in my school classes. so he made me a special email letting me know how much i impacted his life. as i was reading it all i could think was omg im wanting to tell him the same thing but now he is gone and never heard from him again...
Yes it was too soon it’s hard to believe sometimes that his life was cut short on the other hand he brought a lot of joy in peoples life’s it both joy and sadness Just amazing man so talented I miss him
This song will always be remembered the best song Cars Drive we are in 2020 I still play this song. Makes me cry Thanks for the Memories we share in Cars and Drive
This song to me, was Live Aid. The song is a timeless classic, and Ben Orr was majestic as their front man., and Ric Ocasek was a maestro songwriter and musician. R.I.P B Orr R Ocasek 🙏🙏🙏
A totally under-rated love ballad in the history of rock. The Cars were certainly commercial...but they also had a degree of brilliance in their approach to the use of synths and how to use three keyboard players successfully...among many sound innovations. This song is beautiful, eerie, and it rocks even though it's a ballad. Absolutely brilliant...and it simply grabs my heart. The beat is incredibly unusual. I tried playing it in a cover band once...not easy...to put it mildly.
Unique voice, brilliant style, the best flashback song! It makes me feel sad and happy at the same time. Just thinking!!! Thanks dear Benjamin, I'm sure that you're with God, singing with the angels!!!
Siempre te recordaremos Benjamin Orr gracias por tu legado musical por regalarnos tu talento por dar tu vida a la musica ....los 80s por siempre. Lima - Perú.
I remember when this was played at Live Aid. It stopped me in my tracks. It was played over a video of skeletal kids. It choked me up. Incredible song and singer.
No encuentro palabras para describir esta hermosa cancion me recuerda tantas cosas el pasado el presenre y la verdad que a uno lo emociona tanto estos recuerdos que nunca pasaran sirmpre estaran ahi gracias muchas gracias 80s
This song is similar to what happened to me with this adorable green eyed 18 yr old baby...She went in and out of my life several times and I always loved her as you love something lovely and pure...until one day she left me and never came back I heard she went to California...I got married but when this song plays my heart longs for her...still
The Cars do a terriffic live performance, they sound as good as they do on the albums. that is amazing thing in and of itself to do. Ben does every song excellent. love the voice and loved the looks.
We lost two rock legends one in 2000 and one in 2019 Goodbye Rick and Ben you will never be replaced but will always be remembered in the music you left us.
Such a beautiful song. So mournful and heartfelt. I've heard it many, many times, and never once did it make me want to turn away; it always drew me in and took me for a drive..
I was just a little boy when this came out...I was maybe 10yrs old. I remember hearing in mums car going around to my mates house. So it takes me back to that time. Any way my mate passed away 5yrs ago to throat cancer at age 40. Miss you Bryant
just collapsed in a heap and I am 60 ! although I was ten years younger than Benjamin when he sang Drive classic ! So I guess he would be 70 years young now and still those amazing looks and talent RIP we remember you !
Just heard this morning, 09/16/2019 on the news that Ric Ocasek died. The Cars were one of the very few bands that I paid money to listen to. They and Thin Lizzie were the two that I found when I finally found rock music. For all but one year of my life I've had brain damage and couldn't appreciate language and music. When this came out, that year I began to enjoy music!
Forgot how many good tunes these guys had. Orr gone too soon. And ric ocaseks passing brought me here. Peace and love for his family friends and fans. God/Jesus bless and save all that read this.
This is a truly amazing song. Benjamin Orr nails it. A lot of people, forget who wrote this. Between the the two of them, they made one of the greatest song ever.
Time is a sword! Ben was clearly a rock god: talented, good looking, successful. Don't dally too long, kiddies, the sun will go down sooner than we think for all of us.
